Introduction With Precision Variable Rate Irrigation growers can record crop yields and make significant irrigation water savings. The need for uniform and accurate water delivery to the crop throughout its lifecycle is essential to maximizing yield and maintaining the health of the plant. Water is saved through matching irrigation rate to soil characteristics and avoiding… read more »
Introduction In intensive agricultural livestock production manure prevails regularly as a waste problem rather than an organic fertilizer and valuable source of nutrients. The advantages of a fully developed variable rate slurry spreader technology cannot be overemphasized.[1] Such systems can give much more accurate results with as-applied verification, while reducing commercial fertilizer inputs and providing… read more »
Introduction ISO 11783 (commonly referred to as “ISO Bus” or “ISOBUS”) is an electronic protocol for the communication of agricultural components and tractors (also forestry equipment) based on the SAE J1939 protocol (which includes CANbus). It all started years ago when the first electronic systems began to be created in agriculture, each manufacturer created and… read more »
Introduction An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a “drone” is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may be controlled either autonomously by on-board computers or remote control pilot on the ground from distance. Agriculture is one of the main sectors that drones have find numerous uses and have… read more »
Introduction To achieve a more precise, ecological and economical pesticide application process, it is important to focus on crop parameters and field variability instead solely on disease occurrence. In fields with different soil quality, crops and water availability the amount of spray needed varies as well. For example, areas with a reduced cop growth need… read more »
Introduction A Variable Rate Seeder is a seeder that has the ability to apply different seeding rates according to prescription map. The VR Seeder incorporates with positioning systems, for prescription map based application, in order to increase or decrease the seeding rate through automatic control of seeding discs, achieving yield increase by planting the exact… read more »
Introduction Applying fertilizer is a common agricultural activity that can be completely automated with the correct implementation of Variable Rate Fertilization (VRF). There are two main categories in which VRT fertilization can be applied: 1) with a map of a certain parameter such as crop vigor and 2) with real time sensors. VRA increases your… read more »
Introduction Accurate soil water content measurements are critical for estimation of energy and water balances, as well as for understanding chemical and biological processes in vadose zone, plant root zones and in groundwater.[1] Soil electrical conductivity is an indirect measurement that correlates very well with several soil physical and chemical properties. Electrical conductivity is the… read more »
Introduction Climate smart agriculture is one of the techniques that maximizes agricultural outputs, through proper management of inputs based on climatological conditions. Real time weather monitoring system is an important tool to monitor the climatic conditions of a farm, because many of the farms related problems can be solved by better understanding of the surrounding… read more »
Introduction Agricultural robots are generally designed to execute a agricultural task such as planting, weeding, pruning, picking, harvesting, packing, handling etc. Agricultural robots automate specific slow, repetitive and dull agricultural tasks for farmers, drastically limiting hard labor and allowing the producers to focus more on improving overall production yields instead of spending most of their… read more »